So these past few days have been a bit of an adventure for me, as I was traveling down to Puerto Rico for work and due to some hurricane-induced delays, mixed with the reliability of the Puerto Rican internet, I have not been able to write some much needed analysis of what is shaping up to be a crazy opening weekend in the NFL. Let me just start by saying that while Matt felt it unnecessary to mention Tom Brady’s season ending injury (and it wasn’t even to that stupid foot we kept hearing about!), I have to admit that I am shedding a few tears internally as my favorite team’s Superbowl hopes are now resting squarely on the shoulders of a guy I thought the team was going to cut before the season started…Mr. Matt Cassel. Luckily for my alternate, fantasy football reality, I only had Brady in one league this year and it was my lame EA Sports league that I really don’t care much about, but let’s get to the rest of the action that transpired this weekend…

A tale of two teams (who are both missing almost every receiver on the depth chart): When the Seahawks lose all their receivers (Nate Burleson is now out for the season with an ACL injury), the team goes into a tailspin and gets killed by the Bills. Donovan McNabb on the other hand makes the most out of his situation and throws for over 300 yards and 3 TD’s (with a rookie leading the team in receptions and receiving yards) as the Eagles completely dominate the St. Louis Rams. By the way, the Rams offense was bad in the preseason and now that the first team offense was out there the whole game…they may have looked worse? (More …)

My McNabb, Chris Johnson, and Calvin Johnson picks are looking much better for my fantasy team. I also grabbed Buffalo of the waiver wire and enjoyed a 30 point effort from them on Sunday. I dominated my first opponent 130-55!! Plus I had Steve Smith on the bench!!

My girlfriend drafted DeSean Jackson and Eddie Royal! wow. She did her research this year. Life is great right now.

A few players whose values took a hit in week 1: Carson Palmer/Ocho Cinco/Houshmanzilly, the Seattle DST (even this Bills fan isn’t willing to take all the credit for that blowout), and Marques Colston (invisible even with Brees lighting it up; too many weapons on that team).